And what about this situation: the flag is disputed, but the question turns up to be closed? It would make more sense to me, one of both: either the question cannot be closed, or the disputed flags turns up to be helpful!
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Andre SilvaApr 19 '13 at 19:37

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Agree with Andrea Silva. Just had the same situation when I flagged a question and the flag got disputed but some hours later the post was closed anyway.
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mrtMay 24 '13 at 13:16

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Same here. Flagged a question as low quality and 2 hours later it has been downvoted to -5. Would then say that my dispute was valid, but it still shows as being disputed.
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StBladeOct 14 '13 at 9:34

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"Disputed flags are considered neither helpful nor declined" -- an excellent explanation for this is provided in this answer "There are two issues here that I don't like... So going forward, if flags are disputed, no flag weight -- positive or negative -- will accrue to anyone on that particular post."
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gnatJan 10 '14 at 15:37

The part about the moderator tools is no longer correct but I'm unsure how disputed now works for NAA in the FPQ/LQQ and what action makes those NAA flags disputed.
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reneNov 16 '14 at 13:11

......huh. This makes me wonder if "disputed" is really the best term. So if the OP edits the post, that counts as a "dispute"? The tag-wiki for "disputed-flags" says "handled and deemed invalid by a 10k user." That hardly seems accurate, based on this answer.
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Kyle StrandApr 14 at 23:25